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Show Holt announces candidacy for First Congressional District u L i . JiL- just tread water, I'll make waves," said Holt. Dr. Holt said that he is a fiscal conservative, a defense moderate and a practical idealist. "I believe that the American public wants to see less polarization and posturing and see leaders bringing people together for solutions to problems. ' ' "The national debt will soon be $3.5 trillion-that's $18,000 for every man, woman and child in the entire country. That's absurdthat's criminal. This country needs a balanced bal-anced budget amendment. I will support a good bill or write one if necessary," said Holt. "With leadership and innovation, lost jobs can be replaced with new emphasis on high tech investment in manufacturing, medicine, in- Ron Holt, Weber State University Univer-sity professor, has announced his candidacy for Utah's 1st Congressional Congres-sional District. He will run against six-term incumbent Jim Hansen for the U.S. Congress. "My decision has not been made lightly," said Holt. "I am concerned concern-ed about the future of this country and frustrated by the politics as usual attitude in Washington. Americans care about politics and the future, but they no longer feel that they have a voicethey feel ignored ig-nored and unrepresented. ' Holt said that we must re-connect citizens and politics. "I am running in the Utah tradition of citizen-politicians citizen-politicians such as Scott Matheson," said Holt. Holt is a 42-year-old Ph.D. graduate of the University of Utah. He taught political science and history at Southern Utah University, anthropology at the University of Utah and was selected as the Honors Director at Weber State University in 1986. Dr. Holt has worked with three Utah Native American tribes and is a Middle East expert often quoted during the Gulf War. Holt was one of 26 scholars invited in-vited to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point during the summer of 1991 for a series of lectures on military history and strategy. Holt said that the issues of the 1990s are jobs and economic revitalization, education, accessible health care and the environment. "Mr. Hansen's voting record clearly clear-ly puts him on the wrong side of all these critical issues," said Holt. He said that he is strongly committed com-mitted to working for good jobs and economic development, for a new system of national health care and for a clean environment. "I won't RON HOLT i Americans have no health insurance -and many more are underinsured. "Socialized medicine is not the answer, an-swer, but there is no excuse for every American not to have access to decent and affordable health care," said Holt. "Costs in our current system are rising at twice the rate of inflation and will bankrupt the nation"" nothing is done." 9 Holt said that he will run a positive campaign based on I j issues and will avoid personalv tacks and mud-slinging. "That's just not my style," he said. "Let's honestly and openly discuss the issues and debate our differences. Debate is healthy and I challenge Jim Hansen to debate early and often." Holt is a black belt in karate, a scuba diver, an avid outdoorsman and a retired skydiver with 500 jumps. He and his wife Elisa live in Layton with their four-month-old son, Ian. fjastructure and research and development," de-velopment," said Holt. Holt said that Utah has received national coverage for its economic soundness, its environment and its educated work force and is in a prime position to take advantage of companies who are reinvesting and creating jobs in America. "Education is the prerequisite for our success and we must have an educational system second to none," said Holt. "We need more money for the Head Start program and an end to federal mandates that come without funding. Higher expectations ex-pectations and standards are important impor-tant at all levels of American education." edu-cation." "Children must learn to honor and value education from their parents," said Holt. "We need a strong commitment and scholarship program to enhance math and science education in this country," he continued. Holt said that at least 190,000 Utahns and 16 percent of |